✸Anubis Wallpaper✸Anubis (/əˈnuːbəs/ or /əˈnjuːbəs/;Ancient Greek: Ἄνουβις) is theGreek name of a god associated with mummification and the afterlifein ancient Egyptian religion, usually depicted as a canine or a manwith a canine head. Archeologists identified the sacred animal ofAnubis as an Egyptian canid, that at the time was called the goldenjackal, but recent genetic testing has caused the Egyptian animalsto be reclassified as the African golden wolf.Like many ancient Egyptian deities, Anubis assumed different rolesin various contexts. Depicted as a protector of graves as early asthe First Dynasty (c. 3100 – c. 2890 BC), Anubis was also anembalmer. By the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055 – 1650 BC), Anubis wasreplaced by Osiris in his role as Lord of the underworld. One ofhis prominent roles was as a god who ushered souls into theafterlife. He attended the weighing scale during the "Weighing ofthe Heart," in which it was determined whether a soul would beallowed to enter the realm of the dead.Despite being one of themost ancient and "one of the most frequently depicted and mentionedgods" in the Egyptian pantheon, Anubis played almost no role inEgyptian myths.Anubis was depicted in black, a color that symbolized both rebirthand the discoloration of the corpse after embalming. Anubis isassociated with Wepwawet (also called Upuaut), another Egyptian godportrayed with a dog's head or in canine form, but with grey orwhite fur. Historians assume that the two figures were eventuallycombined.Anubis' female counterpart is Anput. His daughter is theserpent goddess Kebechet.HistoryIn Egypt's Early Dynastic period (c. 3100 – c. 2686 BC), Anubis wasportrayed in full animal form, with a "jackal" head and body.[15] A"jackal" god, probably Anubis, is depicted in stone inscriptionsfrom the reigns of Hor-Aha, Djer, and other pharaohs of the FirstDynasty.Since Predynastic Egypt, when the dead were buried inshallow graves, "jackals" had been strongly associated withcemeteries because they were scavengers which uncovered humanbodies and ate their flesh. In the spirit of "fighting like withlike," a "jackal" was chosen to protect the dead, because "a commonproblem (and cause of concern) must have been the digging up ofbodies, shortly after burial, by jackals and other wild dogs whichlived on the margins of the cultivation.The oldest known textual mention of Anubis is in the Pyramid Textsof the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 – c. 2181 BC), where he is associatedwith the burial of the pharaoh.In the Old Kingdom, Anubis was the most important god of the dead.He was replaced in that role by Osiris during the Middle Kingdom(2000–1700 BC).In the Roman era, which started in 30 BC, tombpaintings depict him holding the hand of deceased persons to guidethem to Osiris.The parentage of Anubis varied between myths, times and sources. Inearly mythology, he was portrayed as a son of Ra.In the CoffinTexts, which were written in the First Intermediate Period (c.2181–2055 BC), Anubis is the son of either the cow goddess Hesat orthe cat-headed Bastet.Another tradition depicted him as the son ofhis father Ra and mother Nephthys.The Greek Plutarch (c. 40–120 AD)stated that Anubis was the illegitimate son of Nephthys and Osiris,but that he was adopted by Osiris's wife Isis:

✸Flag Jamaica Wallpaper✸Jamaica (Listeni/dʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island country situated in theCaribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the GreaterAntilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) inarea, lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island containing thenation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Jamaica is thefifth-largest island country in the Caribbean.Previously inhabitedby the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came underSpanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494.Named Santiago, it remained a possession of Spain until 1655, whenEngland (later Great Britain) conquered the island and renamed itJamaica. Under British rule, Jamaica became a leading sugarexporter, its plantation economy highly dependent on slavesimported from Africa, and later, on Chinese and Indian indenturedlabor. Full emancipation was granted to all slaves in 1838, withthe country achieving independence from the United Kingdom on 6August 1962.With 2.8 million people, Jamaica is the third mostpopulous Anglophone country in the Americas, after the UnitedStates and Canada, and the fourth most populous country in theCaribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city, witha population of 937,700.Jamaicans are of predominately Africandescent, with significant European, Chinese, Indian, and mixed-raceminorities. Due to a high rate of emigration since the 1960s,Jamaica has a large diaspora around the world, particularly in theUnited Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.Jamaica is aCommonwealth realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch and headof state. Her appointed representative in the country is theGovernor-General of Jamaica, currently Sir Patrick Allen. The headof government and Prime Minister of Jamaica is PortiaSimpson-Miller. Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchywith legislative power vested in the bicameral Parliament ofJamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly electedHouse of Representatives.✯Language✯Main articles: Jamaican Patois and Jamaican EnglishJamaica isregarded as a bilingual country, with two major languages in use bythe population.The official language is Jamaican Standard English(JSE) or Standard Jamaican English (SJE), which is "used in alldomains of public life", including the government, the legalsystem, the media, and education.However, the primary spokenlanguage is an English-based creole called Jamaican Patois (orPatwa). A 2007 survey by the Jamaican Language Unit found that 17.1percent of the population were monolingual in JSE, 36.5 percentwere monolingual in Patois, and 46.4 percent were bilingual,although earlier surveys had pointed to a greater degree ofbilinguality (up to 90 percent).The Jamaican education system hasonly recently begun to offer formal instruction in Patois, whileretaining JSE as the "official language of instruction"✯Music✯Main article: Music of Jamaica Though a small nation, Jamaicanculture has a strong global presence. The musical genres reggae,ska, mento, rocksteady, dub, and, more recently, dancehall andragga all originated in the island's vibrant, popular urbanrecording industry. Jamaica also played an important role in thedevelopment of punk rock, through reggae and ska. Reggae has alsoinfluenced American rap music, as they share roots as rhythmic,African styles of music. Some rappers, such as The Notorious B.I.G.and Heavy D, are of Jamaican descent. Internationally known reggaemusician Bob Marley was also Jamaican.Many other internationallyknown artists were born in Jamaica, including Millie Small, Lee"Scratch" Perry, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Big Youth, Jimmy Cliff,Dennis Brown, Desmond Dekker, Beres Hammond, Beenie Man, Shaggy,Grace Jones, Shabba Ranks, Super Cat, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, IWayne, Bounty Killer and many others. Band artist groups that camefrom Jamaica

✸Rasta Raggae Wallpaper✸Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most typesof popular Jamaican dance music, the term reggae more properlydenotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced bytraditional mento and calypso music, as well as American jazz andrhythm and blues, especially the New Orleans R&B practiced byFats Domino and Allen Toussaint, and evolved out of the earliergenres ska and rocksteady.Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elementsof rhythm and blues, jazz, mento (a celebratory, rural folk formthat served its largely rural audience as dance music and analternative to the hymns and adapted chanteys of local churchsinging), calypso, African music, as well as other genres. One ofthe most easily recognizable elements is offbeat rhythms; staccatochords played by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of themeasure. The tempo of reggae is usually slower than ska but fasterthan rocksteady.The concept of "call and response" can be foundthroughout reggae music.The bass guitar often plays the dominant role in reggae. Thebass sound in reggae is thick and heavy, and equalized so the upperfrequencies are removed and the lower frequencies emphasized. Theguitar in reggae usually plays on the off beat of the rhythm. It iscommon for reggae to be sung in Jamaican Patois, Jamaican English,and Iyaric dialects. Reggae is noted for its tradition of socialcriticism and religion in its lyrics,although many reggae songsdiscuss lighter, more personal subjects, such as love andsocializing.Reggae has spread to many countries across the world, oftenincorporating local instruments and fusing with other genres.Reggae en Español spread from mainland South American Caribbeanfrom Venezuela and Guyana to the rest of South America. Caribbeanmusic in the United Kingdom, including reggae, has been popularsince the late 1960s, and has evolved into several subgenres andfusions. Many reggae artists began their careers in the UK, andthere have been a number of European artists and bands drawingtheir inspiration directly from Jamaica and the Caribbean communityin Europe. Reggae in Africa was boosted by the visit of Bob Marleyto Zimbabwe in 1980.Asia and the PacificIn the Philippines, several bands and sound systems play reggae anddancehall music. Their music is called Pinoy reggae. Japanesereggae emerged in the early 1980s. Reggae is becoming moreprevalent in Thailand as well. Reggae music is quite popular in SriLanka. Aside from the reggae music and Rastafari influences seenever more on Thailand's islands and beaches, a true reggaesub-culture is taking root in Thailand's cities and towns. ManyThai artists, such as Job 2 Do, keep the tradition of reggae musicand ideals alive in Thailand. By the end of the 1980s, the localmusic scene in Hawaii was dominated by Jawaiian music, a local formof reggae. Indonesia also has a thriving reggae scene, with themusic brought by tourists to Bali,Indonesia. Tony QRastafara,Steven and CoconutTreez,Gangstarasta are leading thecharge for Indonesian reggae.Famous Indian singer Kailash Kher and music producer Clinton Cerejocreated Kalapi, a rare fusion piece of Reggae and Indian music forCoke Studio India. Other than this high profile piece, Reggae isconfined to a small, emerging scene in India.Thaikkudam Bridge, aneo-Indian band based in Kerala, India is known for inducing Reggaeinto Indian regional blues.

✸Shiva Wallpaper✸Shiva (/ˈʃivə/; Sanskrit: Śiva, meaning "The Auspicious One";Tamil: Śivan, meaning "The Red One"), also known as Mahadeva("Great God"), is one of the Trinity deities of Hinduism. He is thesupreme god within Shaivism, one of the three most influentialdenominations in contemporary Hinduism.He is one of the fiveprimary forms of God in the Smarta Tradition,and "the Destroyer" or"the Transformer"At the highest level, Shiva is regarded as limitless, transcendent,unchanging and formless.Shiva also has many benevolent and fearsomeforms. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogiwho lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash, as well as ahouseholder with wife Parvati and his two children, Ganesha andKartikeya, and in fierce aspects, he is often depicted slayingdemons. Shiva is also regarded as the patron god of yoga andarts.The main iconographical attributes of Shiva are the third eyeon his forehead, the snake Vasuki around his neck, the adorningcrescent moon, the holy river Ganga flowing from his matted hair,the trishula as his weapon and the damaru as his musicalinstrument. Shiva is usually worshiped in the aniconic form ofLingam.The worship of Shiva is a pan-Hindu tradition, practicedwidely across all of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

✸Place Jamaica Wallpaper✸Jamaica (Listeni/dʒəˈmeɪkə/) is an island country situated in theCaribbean Sea, comprising the third-largest island of the GreaterAntilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) inarea, lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island containing thenation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Jamaica is thefifth-largest island country in the Caribbean.Previously inhabitedby the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came underSpanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494.Named Santiago, it remained a possession of Spain until 1655, whenEngland (later Great Britain) conquered the island and renamed itJamaica. Under British rule, Jamaica became a leading sugarexporter, its plantation economy highly dependent on slavesimported from Africa, and later, on Chinese and Indian indenturedlabor. Full emancipation was granted to all slaves in 1838, withthe country achieving independence from the United Kingdom on 6August 1962.With 2.8 million people, Jamaica is the third mostpopulous Anglophone country in the Americas, after the UnitedStates and Canada, and the fourth most populous country in theCaribbean. Kingston is the country's capital and largest city, witha population of 937,700.Jamaicans are of predominately Africandescent, with significant European, Chinese, Indian, and mixed-raceminorities. Due to a high rate of emigration since the 1960s,Jamaica has a large diaspora around the world, particularly in theUnited Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.Jamaica is aCommonwealth realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch and headof state. Her appointed representative in the country is theGovernor-General of Jamaica, currently Sir Patrick Allen. The headof government and Prime Minister of Jamaica is PortiaSimpson-Miller. Jamaica is a parliamentary constitutional monarchywith legislative power vested in the bicameral Parliament ofJamaica, consisting of an appointed Senate and a directly electedHouse of Representatives.✯Language✯Main articles: Jamaican Patois and Jamaican EnglishJamaica isregarded as a bilingual country, with two major languages in use bythe population.The official language is Jamaican Standard English(JSE) or Standard Jamaican English (SJE), which is "used in alldomains of public life", including the government, the legalsystem, the media, and education.However, the primary spokenlanguage is an English-based creole called Jamaican Patois (orPatwa). A 2007 survey by the Jamaican Language Unit found that 17.1percent of the population were monolingual in JSE, 36.5 percentwere monolingual in Patois, and 46.4 percent were bilingual,although earlier surveys had pointed to a greater degree ofbilinguality (up to 90 percent).The Jamaican education system hasonly recently begun to offer formal instruction in Patois, whileretaining JSE as the "official language of instruction"✯Music✯Main article: Music of Jamaica Though a small nation, Jamaicanculture has a strong global presence. The musical genres reggae,ska, mento, rocksteady, dub, and, more recently, dancehall andragga all originated in the island's vibrant, popular urbanrecording industry. Jamaica also played an important role in thedevelopment of punk rock, through reggae and ska. Reggae has alsoinfluenced American rap music, as they share roots as rhythmic,African styles of music. Some rappers, such as The Notorious B.I.G.and Heavy D, are of Jamaican descent. Internationally known reggaemusician Bob Marley was also Jamaican.Many other internationallyknown artists were born in Jamaica, including Millie Small, Lee"Scratch" Perry, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Big Youth, Jimmy Cliff,Dennis Brown, Desmond Dekker, Beres Hammond, Beenie Man, Shaggy,Grace Jones, Shabba Ranks, Super Cat, Buju Banton, Sean Paul, IWayne, Bounty Killer and many others. Band artist groups that camefrom Jamaica

✸Camo Wallpaper - HD✸Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration,or illumination for concealment, either by making animals orobjects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as somethingelse (mimesis). Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, thebattledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid'swings.A third approach, motion dazzle, confuses the observer with aconspicuous pattern, making the object visible but momentarilyharder to locate. The majority of camouflage methods aim forcrypsis, often through a general resemblance to the background,high contrast disruptive coloration, eliminating shadow, andcountershading. In the open ocean, where there is no background,the principal methods of camouflage are transparency, silvering,and countershading, while the ability to produce light is amongother things used for counter-illumination on the undersides ofcephalopods such as squid. Some animals, such as chameleons andoctopuses, are capable of actively changing their skin pattern andcolours, whether for camouflage or for signalling.Military camouflage was spurred by the increasing range andaccuracy of firearms in the 19th century. In particular thereplacement of the inaccurate musket with the rifle made personalconcealment in battle a survival skill. In the 20th century,military camouflage developed rapidly, especially during the FirstWorld War. On land, artists such as André Mare designed camouflageschemes and observation posts disguised as trees. At sea, merchantships and troop carriers were painted in dazzle patterns that werehighly visible, but designed to confuse enemy submarines as to thetarget's speed, range, and heading. During and after the SecondWorld War, a variety of camouflage schemes were used for aircraftand for ground vehicles in different theatres of war. The use ofradar since the mid-20th century has largely made camouflage forfixed-wing military aircraft obsolete.Non-military use of camouflage includes making cell telephonetowers less obtrusive and helping hunters to approach wary gameanimals. Patterns derived from military camouflage are frequentlyused in fashion clothing, exploiting their strong designs andsometimes their symbolism. Camouflage themes recur in modern art,and both figuratively and literally in science fiction and works ofliterature.

✸US Flag Wallpaper✸Americans are citizens of the United States of America.The countryis home to people of many different national origins. As a result,most Americans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, butwith citizenship and allegiance.Although citizens make up themajority of Americans, non-citizen residents, dual citizens, andexpatriates may also claim an American identity.White and European AmericansMain articles: European Americans, White Americans, White Hispanicand Latino Americans, Iranian Americans, Arab Americans and JewishAmericans.People of European descent, or whites, constitute themajority of the 308 million people living in the United States,with 72.4% of the population in the 2010 United States Census. Theyare considered people who trace their ancestry to the originalpeoples of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Of thosereporting to be White American, 7,487,133 reported to beMultiracial; with largest combination being white and black.Additionally, there are 29,184,290 White Hispanics or Latinos.Non-Hispanic Whites are the majority in 46 states. There are fourminority-majority states: California, Texas, New Mexico, andHawaii. In addition, the District of Columbia has a non-whitemajority.The state with the highest percentage of non-HispanicWhite Americans is Maine.The largest continental ancestral group ofAmericans are that of Europeans who have origins in any of theoriginal peoples of Europe. This includes people via African, NorthAmerican, Caribbean, Central American or South American andOceanian nations that have a large European diaspora.The Spanishwere the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in whatis now the United States. Martín de Argüelles born 1566, SanAgustín, La Florida, was the first person of European descent bornin what is now the United States. Twenty-one years later, VirginiaDare born 1587 Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina, wasthe first child born in the Thirteen Colonies to English parents.Inthe 2013 American Community Survey, German Americans (14.6%), IrishAmericans (10.5%), English Americans (7.7%) and Italian Americans(5.4%) were the four largest self-reported European ancestry groupsin the United States forming 38.2% of the total population.Overall,as the largest group, European Americans have the lowest povertyrate and the second highest educational attainment levels, medianhousehold income,and median personal income of any racialdemographic in the nation.Black and African AmericansMain articles: African American and Black Hispanic and LatinoAmericansAfrican Americans (also referred to as Black Americans orAfro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes) are citizens orresidents of the United States who have origins in any of the blackpopulations of Africa.According to the Office of Management andBudget, the racial category include those who self-identify asAfrican American, Sub-Saharan Africans, andAfro-Caribbeans.According to the 2009 American Community Survey,there were 38,093,725 blacks in the United States, whichrepresented 12.4% of the population. In addition, there were37,144,530 non-Hispanic blacks, which represented 12.1% of thepopulation.This number increased to 42 million according to the2010 United States Census, when including Multiracial AfricanAmericans,making up 14% of the total population of the UnitedStates.African Americans make up the second largest race in theUnited States, but the third largest group after White Americansand Hispanic or Latino Americans (of any race);the majority of thepopulation (55%) live in the South, while compared to 2000 Censusthere is a decrease of African Americans in the Northeast andMidwest.Most African Americans are the direct descendants ofcaptive Africans who survived the slavery era within the boundariesof the present United States, although some are—or are descendedfrom—immigrants from African, Caribbean, Central American

✸Flag Mexico Wallpaper✸Mexico (Listeni/ˈmɛksɨkoʊ/; Spanish: México [ˈmexiko] ( listen)),officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados UnidosMexicanos, About this sound listen (help·info)),is a federalrepublic in North America. It is bordered on the north by theUnited States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on thesoutheast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on theeast by the Gulf of Mexico.Covering almost two million squarekilometres (over 760,000 sq mi),Mexico is the fifth largest countryin the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independentnation in the world. With an estimated population of over 120million,it is the eleventh most populous and the most populousSpanish-speaking country in the world and the second most populouscountry in Latin America. Mexico is a federation comprisingthirty-one states and a Federal District, its capital and largestcity.Pre-Columbian Mexico was home to many advanced Mesoamericancivilizations, such as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec,Maya and Aztec before first contact with Europeans. In 1521, theSpanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its basein Mexico-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the Viceroyaltyof New Spain. Three centuries later, this territory became Mexicofollowing recognition in 1821 after the colony's Mexican War ofIndependence. The tumultuous post-independence period wascharacterized by economic instability and many politicalchanges.The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) led to the territorialcession of the extensive northern borderlands, one-third of itsterritory, to the United States. The Pastry War, the Franco-MexicanWar, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship occurredthrough the 19th century. The dictatorship was overthrown in theMexican Revolution of 1910, which culminated with the promulgationof the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's currentpolitical system.Mexico has one of the world's largest and mostdiversified economies, with an abundance of natural resources suchas oil and silver. It has the fifteenth largest nominal GDP and theeleventh largest GDP by purchasing power parity. The Mexicaneconomy is strongly linked to those of its North American FreeTrade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the UnitedStates.Mexico was the first Latin American member of theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD (since1994). It is classified as an upper-middle income country by theWorld Bank and a newly industrialized country by several analysts.By 2050, Mexico could become the world's fifth or seventh largesteconomy.The country is considered both a regional power and middlepower,and is often identified as an emerging global power.Due toits rich culture and history, Mexico ranks first in the Americasand sixth in the world by number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.In2010 it was the tenth most visited country in the world, with 22.5million international arrivals annually.[32] Mexico is a member ofthe UN, the WTO, the G20, the Uniting for Consensus and is anobserver of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophoniesince 2014.LanguagesMain article: Languages of MexicoA map showing the distribution of speakers of Mexico's mainindigenous languages.The country has the largest Spanish-speakingpopulation in the world with almost a third of all Spanish nativespeakers.Mexico is home to a large number of indigenous languages,spoken by some 5.4% of the population – 1.2% of the population aremonolingual speakers of an indigenous language.The indigenouslanguages with most speakers are Nahuatl, spoken by approximately1.45 million people,Yukatek Maya spoken by some 750,000 people andthe Mixtec and Zapotec languages each spoken by more than 400,000people.The National Institute of Indigenous Languages INALIrecognizes 68 linguistic groups and some 364 different specificvarieties of indigenous languages.